[ansi-test-devel] Patch for syntax.escape test

[Sam Steingold]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to propose the following patch for a few of the
> syntax.escape tests.  The tests currently compares the symbol name
> against the given string.  Given that cmucl converts the string to NFC
> form, the tests fails in a few cases.  This patch changes the test to
> compare the symbol name against (find-symbol string).

I don't like the change.
I think the tests in question correctly check for a widely accepted contract.
I think this is one of those cases where cmucl should just accept that
its extensions make it fail some tests.
(like clisp accepts that its extensions make it fails some tests; see
clisp/utils/clispload.lsp).
However, I am all for _adding_ a few new tests which would compare
against (find-symbol string) instead of string which would pass on
cmucl as well as other lisps.

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Sam Steingold <http://sds.podval.org>